Chapter 3: The Part of Life
It's early dawn in Kingdom Mountain, and Sealand (who is now a 10-year-old boy with his night outfit). He now has thicker eyebrows, just like his old owner, Arthur Kirkland (even though he abandoned him) was eager to see the part of life of becoming a nation, because he's a micronation right now. So he ran and climbs upstairs to his parent's room. He sees Tino and Berwald sleeping on their beds. He then ran to Berwald's bedroom to wake up Berwald, making him grunt in pain and moan because he was sleepy.
"Dad, wake up, wake up, wake up!" said the exciting micronation
"Urrgh…Berwald…your son awakes" said the tired Finnish, twisting and turning "her" covers
"B'fore s'nrise, h's y'or s'n" said the grunting Swedish, While Peter keep yelling at his father to wake up.
"Come on, Dad" he uses his strength to pull Berwald down. But he loses his grip and tumbles out of view. He then stands up with a pout face. "Come on, Dad. You promise." Peter glares at Berwald
"Ok'y, ok''y, 'm up" He stuttered while trying to open both of his eyes and getting his glasses
"Yeah!" Peter excitedly say
Berwald was putting Peter's clothes on for the big day. Peter hugs Tino and waved at him as a signal to say goodbyes. Berwald and Peter are now in the city of Country Towns (don't worry, it's not real, it's fictional. I'll explain in the notes below) where Berwald and Peter were walking to downtown.
"Y'u see, Peter? Ev'ry y'u s'e 'n our w'rld 's c'lled The Gr'at C'rcle 'f l'fe." Berwald explained. Peter gasp in astonishment
"Really, Dad?" said the questioning micronation.
"Y's. As a n't'on's t'me ruler r'ses 'nd f'lls l'ke th' s'n. One d'y, Peter, The s'n w'll s't 'n my t'me h're, 'nd w'll r'se w'th y'u, as th' n'w l'ad'r."
"Wow...So everything I touch, will be all mine?" the questioning micronation asks his strong and intimidating father.
"Ja. All th's w'll b' yo'r." said Berwald
"Then, what about this gloomy place?" Peter asked while pointing to a somewhat, gloomy, broken down, dark city
"Exc'pt for th't. Th't pl'ce 's bey'nd o'r b'rd'rs. Y'u m'st nev'r go th're, Peter" Berwald's tone now shifts to worrying to make sure Peter doesn't get himself hurt or go into any dangerous places
"But, Dad. I thought you say a nation leader can have anything they want and do whatever they want. It's not fair" Peter complain while pouting.
"Peter, th're's m're to be'ng th' k'ng th'n g'tt'ng wh't y'u w'nt, and expl'ring th' w'rld." Berwald and Peter walk down to go to the farm.
"There's more?" the two men managed to walk down to the farm to see some sheep, horses, and cows eating the grass. Then they stopped and saw some livestock animals eating grass, by leaning on the paddock of the rail.
"Y'u s'e, Peter, ev'ryth'ng yo' s'e ex'sts tog'th'r 'n th' del'c'te b'l'nce. We d'ed 'nd th'n g't cr'm'ted and th'n w' b'c'me th' ash's. Th'n o'r ash's c'n b' us'd 's a fert'liz'r t' h'lp th' pl'nts gr'ws. Th'n th' sh'ep, hors's, 'nd c'ws e't th' gr'ss. Th't me'ns w' ar' all conn'ct'd t' th' C'rcle 'f L'fe."
"Does that mean young micronations, including us?" said the worried micronation
"I'm n't s're y't. B't th't's p'rt 'f l'fe. B't d'n't w'rry, y'u'll b' f'ne, j'st a' l'ng 're y'u w'th m'." said Berwald with a plaid tone. Suddenly, a fancy-dressed Austrian man with brown hair with an ahoge walked in.
"Guten Tag, Berwald" said Roderich
"G'd M'rg'n, Roderich" said Berwald
"I'm checking in with the morning report" said Roderich bowing
"Y'u m'y" said Berwald
"Well…" Roderich babbled about the news about the countries. Just then, Sealand spotted a bird who just flying by him. He wants to play with it, by pretending to be an airplane. He then makes tweeting noises. Peter's playful joy caught Berwald's attention who is now curious.
"Wh't ar' y'u do'ng, s'n" whispered Berwald
"Playing" Peter answered back. Then Berwald has an idea.
"Why d'nt y'u pl'y w'th Roderich" Berwald smiled. Peter nods his head. Peter then turns around toward Roderich (who continues babbling about the morning reports). Then it was interrupted by Peter's yelling.
"Hey, Roderich.." Roderich turned around to see Peter acting like a bull. He does this very well by puffing smoke out of his nose, with his two index fingers up, looking like a pair of horns. "You wanna bullfight with me?"
"Not right now. I was talking to Berwald about…" His reaction turned into shock when he realized that Peter want to play with him. But during the incident with Ivan, He doesn't want to do it. So he turned to Berwald to stop it.
"Berwald, you can't be serious about this…" Berwald waved his hand gesturing him to just play along. "Aww, man. Well, auf Wiedersehen grausame Welt." Peter then went charging like a raging bull, while Roderich pulls out a red muleta (Don't ask why, just go with it) while panicking shivering with fear all over himself. Peter then flings himself toward Roderich and tackles him like a football player. Berwald was laughing his head off, but not too much. Roderich remove some dust until he saw one of Germany's army show up.
"Roderich, we have some abscheulich news from West Germany!" said the German army
Peter cleansed himself as he stood up while giggling. He has some fun playing with Roderich. But the fun is over when Roderich tells the bad news to Berwald.
"Sire, Criminals, invading the Country Town!" Roderich yelled. Berwald is ready for some action
"Roderich, t'ke Peter h'me" Berwald said
"Awww, Dad, can I come? My fist is super strong. I can teach these bullies a thing or two" said Peter while holding his fist to prove his point.
"No, s'n" Berwald sternly ran off to the city as fast as he could
"Awww, I never get to go anywhere." Peter said sadly
"Don't lose hope, my friend. One day, you'll become the new nation leader. Then you'll teach these perverted, nasty, and ruthless criminals, what for. I mean you gave me a very good tackle. Even though it hurts." Roderich said
Then we get to Ivan, drinking his favorite vodka. Enjoying his peace and quiet. Until Peter shows up.
"Hey Ivan, guess what?
"Ugghh. I despise guessing games." Ivan groaned
"I'm gonna be the next leader of the nations of Kingdom Mountain. That way, people will respect me as a country." Peter said while chuckling like he was an almighty king
"Oh goodie." said Ivan sarcastically. "Well, forgive me for not leaping for joy. Hard day, bad back, and Soviet job, you know"
Peter come inside the bar. Even though he's clearly not to, He just decided to barge in to talk to Ivan.
"Hey, Ivan. When I become the new leader of the country. Then what'll that makes you"
"An lower-class country" Ivan groaned. Peter laughs because he thinks it's a joke
"You're funny." said Peter. Ivan isn't amused at all
"You have no idea…" Ivan stands up and walks out of the bar, along with Peter. "So, your father showed you the whole kingdom, da?" said Ivan
"Yeah…" Peter then points to the shadowy place. "Well…Everything except that shadowy place over there."
"O, Bozhe Moy. He didn't tell you about that place?" Ivan faked a gasp in astonishment
"No. He told me not to go there." said Peter
"And he's absolutely right." He poses a dramatic lean to pretend to be surprise and dramatic. "It's far too dangerous for a micronation. Only the bravest nations can go there."
"Well, I'm brave." Peter puffed up his chest and held up his fist. "And I'm strong too. Watch!" Peter punch a metal block (yeah, that's come out of nowhere) which shattered into tiny bits of pieces. Almost nearly destroying the bar. Peter gulps in guilt.
"Sorry about that." Peter turned to Ivan " You see, I can beat those meanies. What's out there?"
"I'm sorry, my little comrade. I just can't tell you." said Ivan
"Why not?" said Peter
"Peter, Peter…" Peter sits on a stool. A bartender gave Peter some orange juice, while Ivan continue talking. "I'm only looking out for my well-behaved micronation-in-law for Berwald.
Peter snorted. "Yeah right. I don't even like you that much."
"But that's the reason why I'm here to protect you, Peter. Ivan grabs another vodka from the bartender. "The Gloomy Graveyard is a hazardous place for a micronation just like you." Peter heard everything, while Ivan put his hands to his mouth to mock horror. "Oy oy"
"The Gloomy Graveyard. Wow" said the exciting micronation
"O, net, I've said too much." said Ivan with a sarcastic tone. "Well, I suppose you'd have to found out sooner or later, you being so clever, strong, and all." Peter was about to leave, but was stopped by Ivan."But can you do me one more favor? Promise me you'll never go to that horrendous place, da?" It'll be our little stink." said Ivan
"Don't worry Mr. Ivan. Your secret is safe with me" Peter ran off to get his best friend. While Ivan watched with a sinister smile on his face.
A/N: Finally a scene where Tino and Berwald is not sleeping together. Sorry, I just love this ship.
Abscheulich means Horrible or Terrible in German
Guten Tag means Good Morning in German
God Morgon also means Good Morning in Swedish
O, net means "Oh No" in Russian
O, Bozhe Moy means either Oh My God or Oh My Goodness in Russian
Stay Tuned for Chapter 4